LSU (24-2 overall, 6-1 SEC) won its sixth consecutive contest in its first meeting with Missouri (9-13, 2-5) since it joined the SEC last July, and the first meeting between the rival Tigers since 1986.

Nola (4-0) struck out 10 and did not issue a walk until the eighth inning. He threw 69 of his 103 pitches for strikes, scattering only five singles. ...